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US-10870354

Vehicle-mounting structure for contactless power reception device

PublishedDecember 22, 2020
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Technical Abstract

A power reception coil is a circular coil having a hollow portion formed in a center portion of the power reception coil in a radial direction. The power reception coil, a resonant capacitor, and a magnetic member are arranged in a power reception coil unit forming a contactless power reception device. The power reception coil unit is attached to a member element serving as a frame member of a vehicle body. A hollow portion corresponding region which is a portion of the power reception coil unit corresponding to the hollow portion of the power reception coil is in contact with the member element.

Patent Claims
5 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A vehicle-mounting structure for a contactless power reception device in which the contactless power reception device including a power reception coil configured to contactlessly receive power by way of magnetic coupling with a power transmission coil on a road surface side is mounted in a lower portion of a vehicle body of a vehicle, wherein the power reception coil is a circular coil having a hollow portion formed in a center portion of the power reception coil in a radial direction, the power reception coil, a resonant capacitor, and a magnetic member are arranged in a power reception coil unit forming the contactless power reception device, the power reception coil unit is attached to a member element serving as a frame member of the vehicle body, and a hollow portion corresponding region which is a portion of the power reception coil unit corresponding to the hollow portion of the power reception coil is in contact with the member element.

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2. The vehicle-mounting structure for the contactless power reception device according to claim 1 , wherein the member element is a suspension member connected to the vehicle body in a normal state and configured to be detachable from the vehicle body in response to input of a predefined impact load into the member element.

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3. The vehicle-mounting structure for the contactless power reception device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic member comprises a vehicle side magnetic member arranged on a vehicle side and a power transmission coil side magnetic member arranged on the power transmission coil side, and the power transmission coil side magnetic member is arranged in the hollow portion of the power reception coil.

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4. The vehicle-mounting structure for the contactless power reception device according to claim 1 , wherein an electronic part including the resonant capacitor is arranged behind and adjacent to the member element.

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5. The vehicle-mounting structure for the contactless power reception device according to claim 1 , wherein upper surfaces of the power reception coil unit are formed to have heights from a bottom surface such that a center portion in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body is lower than a forward portion and a rearward portion in the front-rear direction, the hollow portion corresponding region which is the portion of the power reception coil unit corresponding to the hollow portion of the power reception coil is located in the center portion, and the center portion in which the hollow portion corresponding region of the power reception coil unit is located is in contact with the member element.

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Filing Date

January 30, 2017

Publication Date

December 22, 2020

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